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Easter Rising

Does your country have the right to compel you to do military service? Explore how 100 years ago – and for the very first time – the UK government crossed that line.

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18 pdr shell case, fired by the 4th Brigade Royal Artillery during the Irish Rebellion, 1916

18-pounder shell case, fired by the 4th Brigade Royal Artillery during the Irish Rebellion, 1916

More details: NAM. 1961-12-73-1

Lord Kitchener’s Appeal

Officers with captured Sinn Fein flag, 3rd Bn Royal Irish Regiment

More details: NAM. 1963-11-177-1

Photograph of a British officer searching a hay cart for rebels or ammunition with a rifle and bayonet, May 1916

Photograph of a British officer searching a hay cart for rebels or ammunition with a rifle and bayonet, May 1916

More details: NAM. 1980-01-43-1

Ruined Sackville Street, Dublin, 1916

Ruined Sackville Street, Dublin, 1916

More details: NAM. 1961-12-594-13

The General Post Office, Dublin, (Rebel Headquarters) destroyed

The General Post Office, Dublin, (Rebel Headquarters) destroyed

More details: NAM. 1961-12-594-17

Soldiers holding a Dublin Street

Soldiers holding a Dublin Street

More details: NAM. 1961-12-594-20

Sackville Street in flames

Sackville Street in flames

More details: NAM. 1961-12-594-25

'Progress of Military Operations against the Rebels'

‘Progress of Military Operations against the Rebels’

More details: NAM. 1977-10-50-2

'Unconditional Surrender of the Rebel Forces'

‘Unconditional Surrender of the Rebel Forces’

More details: NAM. 1977-10-50-3

The First and only copy of “The Irish War News” issued by the Sinn Feiners

The First and only copy of “The Irish War News” issued by the Sinn Feiners

More details: NAM. 1961-12-594-1

Celtic plaid brooch taken from the body of a rebel by Lt M S Payne, Lincolnshire Regiment

Celtic plaid brooch taken from the body of a rebel by Lt M S Payne, Lincolnshire Regiment

More details: NAM. 1992-11-25-1

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